The ASUS RT-N12 wireless router has the ability to act as a wired/wireless router, repeater and access point with the original firmware installed. It seems to be a very solid router for the price and I have a very basic but specific task that I need it to perform and I don't know if it can be done with the original firmware or another version from a third party source like DDWRT.
In an environment where there are wired and wireless connections, I need to monitor wireless connections only, our wired connections are trusted. I would like to set up the current router to accept wired connections and then limit wireless connectivity to allow only the MAC of the new ASUS router. Then, I want to configure the ASUS router to act as a repeater for wireless connectivity, keeping the network fully functional but funneling all wireless traffic through the ASUS router and showing no change in accessibility/SSID/passphrase/etc. Finally [this is where I questioned my planning], I'd like to add a wired connection between the ASUS router and our server to monitor all traffic transmitted wirelessly and store it on the server for later inspection.
My question is, for anyone with experience with the RT-N12 or a similar situation,
1.) Can I monitor the wireless traffic of the router through a wired port?
2.) Do the wired ports act as a hub when in repeater mode?
3.) If they do act as a hub, do they only repeat traffic from/to other wired ports or does it repeat each frame it receives?
4.) Even if a function like this is not natively supported, might it be something possible with a more robust firmware?
5.) Any suggestions/alternatives that are relatively close to the cost [$30 router] and purpose of this project?
Thanks for any and all help, I know this is simple to some but I could really use a little input. I hope this isn't mistaken as illegal [like the forum rules describe], the only reason I have access to configure what is necessary to make this possible is because this is my network.
In an environment where there are wired and wireless connections, I need to monitor wireless connections only, our wired connections are trusted. I would like to set up the current router to accept wired connections and then limit wireless connectivity to allow only the MAC of the new ASUS router. Then, I want to configure the ASUS router to act as a repeater for wireless connectivity, keeping the network fully functional but funneling all wireless traffic through the ASUS router and showing no change in accessibility/SSID/passphrase/etc. Finally [this is where I questioned my planning], I'd like to add a wired connection between the ASUS router and our server to monitor all traffic transmitted wirelessly and store it on the server for later inspection.
My question is, for anyone with experience with the RT-N12 or a similar situation,
1.) Can I monitor the wireless traffic of the router through a wired port?
2.) Do the wired ports act as a hub when in repeater mode?
3.) If they do act as a hub, do they only repeat traffic from/to other wired ports or does it repeat each frame it receives?
4.) Even if a function like this is not natively supported, might it be something possible with a more robust firmware?
5.) Any suggestions/alternatives that are relatively close to the cost [$30 router] and purpose of this project?
Thanks for any and all help, I know this is simple to some but I could really use a little input. I hope this isn't mistaken as illegal [like the forum rules describe], the only reason I have access to configure what is necessary to make this possible is because this is my network.